✓ IRONWORKERS ASSIGNMENT SHEET 8.1 ULTIMATE
STUDY GUIDE + PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR
MIDTERM & FINAL EXAMS
which of the following is a basic method used on the job site to bend bars?
a. torch
b. Peterson bar
c. vise
d. wrench - c. vise
Column ties, unless otherwise specified, should provide ______ clearance on all sides.
a. 1"
b. 1 1/2"
c. 2"
d. 2 1/2" - b. 1 1/2"
What length of bar is needed to fabricate a double hook #4 [#13] bar that measures 6' [1828
mm] out-to-out?
a. 10'
b. 9'
c. 8'
d. 7' - d. 7'
What is the purpose of the hook at the end of a bar?
a. to provide extra strength to the edge of the slab
b. to better gold beams to columns
, c. to provide a form for the shape of the edge
d. to provide greater embedment in the concrete - d. to provide greater embedment in the
concrete
Laying out of column ties begins at one end of the bar. Where do you begin when laying out
stirrups or U-bars?
a. from the center of the U bar or stirrup
b. from both ends to meet in the center
c. from one end of the stirrup
d. a place other than listed above - a. from the center of the U bar or stirrup
What length of bar is needed to fabricate a single hook #6 [#19] bar that measures 4' [1219
mm] out-to-out?
a. 4'6"
b. 4'7"
c. 4'8"
d. 4'9" - d. 4'9"
When using a vise for fabricating column ties or any 90 degree bend, allow ______ bar
diameters in marking each bend.
a. one
b. one and one half
c. two
d. two and one half - c. two
On a drawing the dimensions may indicate that a bar is a specific length. What is the term that
indicates that the actual length of the bar may be a little more or a little less than specified?
STUDY GUIDE + PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR
MIDTERM & FINAL EXAMS
which of the following is a basic method used on the job site to bend bars?
a. torch
b. Peterson bar
c. vise
d. wrench - c. vise
Column ties, unless otherwise specified, should provide ______ clearance on all sides.
a. 1"
b. 1 1/2"
c. 2"
d. 2 1/2" - b. 1 1/2"
What length of bar is needed to fabricate a double hook #4 [#13] bar that measures 6' [1828
mm] out-to-out?
a. 10'
b. 9'
c. 8'
d. 7' - d. 7'
What is the purpose of the hook at the end of a bar?
a. to provide extra strength to the edge of the slab
b. to better gold beams to columns
, c. to provide a form for the shape of the edge
d. to provide greater embedment in the concrete - d. to provide greater embedment in the
concrete
Laying out of column ties begins at one end of the bar. Where do you begin when laying out
stirrups or U-bars?
a. from the center of the U bar or stirrup
b. from both ends to meet in the center
c. from one end of the stirrup
d. a place other than listed above - a. from the center of the U bar or stirrup
What length of bar is needed to fabricate a single hook #6 [#19] bar that measures 4' [1219
mm] out-to-out?
a. 4'6"
b. 4'7"
c. 4'8"
d. 4'9" - d. 4'9"
When using a vise for fabricating column ties or any 90 degree bend, allow ______ bar
diameters in marking each bend.
a. one
b. one and one half
c. two
d. two and one half - c. two
On a drawing the dimensions may indicate that a bar is a specific length. What is the term that
indicates that the actual length of the bar may be a little more or a little less than specified?
